Man builds world's largest rolling, mechanical globe planetarium in his backyard

People do all sorts of things to live their dream, and at times no circumstance is a real circumstance to ward that off. A genuine case in point is Frank Kovac, a wannabe astrophysicist, who couldn’t become one, instead landed in a paper mill, where he still works part-time. That wasn’t a deterrent for him and Frank after 15 years of hard labor managed to change things forever, he built himself the world's largest rolling, mechanical globe planetarium in his own backyard in the north woods of Wisconsin.

home made mechanical globe planetarium

Up and running for a few years now, the Kovac planetarium has about 5,000 stars, each hand painted to proper location and brightness as you would see out in the night sky. Because Frank couldn't afford a fancy projection system to mimic the revolution of the planet, he decided to rotate the entire heavenly makeup itself, and that’s a great attraction that should lure you in case you’re around in the woods of Wisconsin. The entry is very nominal you can find your way into this home-built genius on a $12 ticket. Hit the jump to see the video.

Via: CBSNews